Life with People

Earlier this year, I got to talk with MTC Surf founder Elle Miller. My favorite part of Elle’s story is that she found healing on her surfboard and has now committed her life to sharing this gift of healing with those in foster care. I loved hearing about how the surf community and the foster care community are colliding through this very special organization, and I hope that you are inspired as y...

In this quick solo episode, I reflect on the conversation with my Grandma from Episode 10.  Here are a few quick takeaways: - Be on the lookout for opportunities to make friends in unexpected places - When you have to forge your own path, you learn new things. - Keep in touch in every season (good and hard) - Keep in touch through conflict - Keep in touch for the long haul - Honor your elders, the...

This episode was recorded on a random Thursday afternoon when I stopped by my friend Prudence Dancy's home. As we were hanging out, our conversation turned to the topic of clear communication. As we continued to talk, it hit me how valuable this topic is in doing life with people. I was like, "Wait, Prudence, we really need to record this conversation for the podcast." Thankfully, she agreed. Prud...

In this episode, I sit down with my 92-year-old grandmother, Mickie Marrone. My grandma has always been good at making and keeping friends. Everywhere she goes, everywhere she lives, she surrounds herself with vibrant friendships. This woman has a social life at 92 that would put most of the people I know to shame. Because of that, I wanted to sit down and talk to her. How does she make friends? H...

In this episode, I catch up with my friend, Matthew Bacchus. Matthew is a licensed professional counselor based out of CO and TX. I wanted to have Matthew on the podcast because he has a gift for connecting with people and cultivating friendships.  The episode is full of life and fun and laughter, but we also hit some very deep topics, so I wanted to give you a heads up that there are a couple of...

Here's part three of our series, "Holding Space for Grief." In this episode I talk with my friend and Grief Recovery Method Specialist, Jocelyn Jackson Williams about telling the truth about ourselves and helping others to do the same as they move through the process of grief recovery. We hit some deep topics in this one and wrestle through our human tendencies when it comes to responding to loss...

This is part 2 of our series, "Holding Space for Grief." In this episode, I sit down with creative entrepreneur and Marriage and Family Therapist Associate Ceci Frost to talk about her own journey with grief. Ceci's story uniquely positions her to talk about how different (but similar) losses can affect us is vastly different ways in varying seasons of our lives. How to embrace people who are show...

This episode kicks off a series of conversations around the topic of grief and how we can hold space for it in our relationships. It's a topic that while I feel is gaining more awareness, is more often ignored when we think about building community and doing life with people. Truthfully, I think one of the main reasons is because it feels hard, heavy and it often requires something from us. It req...

In this episode, I talk with Rolling Cerros Run Club (RCRC) founder Austin Alfaro. I wanted to talk to Austin because I love what he's doing to build community with the run club, and it's clear that he's having a blast doing it. As always, I value your feedback and your insights into what community looks like for you. So, feel free to DM me, email me, take our community survey, send up a flare, do...

In this episode I reflect on my conversation with Mika and Moriah from Episode 3. I focus primarily on the the following: 1. Vulnerability is an entryway (or a doorway) for deeper connection 2. How we can lean into vulnerability ourselves and invite others into deeper levels of vulnerability 3. Naming a few fears that sometimes pop up when we choose to be vulnerable. I would love to hear some ways...

I hope you enjoy with episode with my friends Moriah McLeod and Mika Harris. Our original intention was to discuss a book we were all reading but we ended up simply having a conversation about what community looks like for each of us in this season. I confess, we laughed a lot and I found the limits of my cheap microphone, so apologies for that. But if you can get through our silly banter and laug...

On this episode, I reflect on the conversation that we had with Daniel and Marissa Zheng last episode. In particular I focus on Daniel's encouragement to not take rejection personally when you are building relationships with people. In my reflecting, I share some personal stories of failure and how those failures actually helped me to establish friends in my new city (eventually).  At the very lea...

Hey guys! I’m Theresa and I love doing life with people. I believe community helps to bring meaning, belonging and purpose to our daily lives, but sadly, more and more we are disconnected from the authentic forms of community we deeply long for. My goal with this podcast is to give hope that finding, building, rebuilding or re imagining community is not only possible, it’s within your reach, to re...

Be on the lookout for my new podcast, Life with People!  Hey guys! I’m Theresa and I want to invite you to check out my new podcast, “Life with People.” Why? Because I love people. And because I believe community helps to bring meaning, belonging and purpose to our daily lives, but sadly, more and more we are disconnected from the authentic forms of community we deeply long for. My goal with this...